Re: <Help - Unable to builld a IP-SEC VPN on a Cisco ASA 5520>

[Dane Newman <dane.newman () gmail com>]

yup you lose alot in mutli context mode such as vpn, and routing protocols.
It basically just becomes a true stateful firewall.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM, John Hodges <jhodges () simplexity com> wrote:

> I was in ASA class just last week and asked about this exact issue.
>
> I was told that at this time you cannot do the IPSec VPN in Multiple
> context mode (due to the ASA not being able to keep track of the SA).  This
> is a software issue that Cisco is working on and has in test at this time.
>  No timeframe for release though.
>
> -John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Bertoch [mailto:jason () i6ix com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
>  Subject: Re: <Help - Unable to builld a IP-SEC VPN on a Cisco ASA 5520>
>
> Michael Ruiz wrote:
> > Group,
> >
> >
> >
> >                 I am stuck like chuck.  We are unable to activate a VPN
> > in one of the virtual firewall context.  Under the crypto commands, none
> > of the IP-sec are available.  Any help on this would be appreciated.
> > Version we running is 8.0(4)
> Isn't VPN only available in single-context mode?